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From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: OT US Politics Again.
Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:37:28 -0500
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On 8/19/2024 9:58 AM, Paul S Person wrote:
> On 18 Aug 2024 23:41:31 -0000, kludge@panix.com (Scott Dorsey) wrote:
> 
>> The Horny Goat  <lcraver@home.ca> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 17 Aug 2024 09:12:15 -0700, Paul S Person
>>> <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Still probably a bad decision, though. But then, so was the private
>>>> server itself. When working for the gummint on gummint time one really
>>>> should use the gummint server. It might even be harder to hack than a
>>>> private server, who can say?
>>>
>>> Perhaps, but Washington has the right to access a server they own at
>>> any time they choose without a warrant.
>>
>> This is true, but government-owned mail servers have a whole host of
>> requirements that come down from the DHS, from two-factor authentication
>> on down to particular header formats.  It's a major pain in the neck
>> (and it's why small governmental organizations will try and use
>> unauthorized mail servers whenever they possibly can).
>>
>> One of the big deals is that email is considered a public record and
>> consequently needs to be archived.  Its not just that it can be accessed
>> by some other governmental organization, it all needs to be archived
>> in specific ways.  This is also a pain, but in the case of something
>> like the Clinton server in question it's also very important for
>> historical reference.
> 
> Which all goes to show why the Trump/Republican attacks on Hillary for
> having her own server had a certain ... weight and solidity ... that
> the other attacks mostly lacked.
> 
> One of the issues was whether anything on it was classified. I seem to
> recall that the story was that some things may have classified
> elsewhere, but had all been declassified on reaching the State Dept.
> Which sounds a bit ... loosy goosy ... to me, but then Trump was found
> to have undeniably classified paper documents at Mar-a-Lago after he
> left office. And, since they have it camera, tried to hide them when
> asked to give them up.
> 
> Hillary's mail server seems almost ... quaint ... in comparison. Still
> not a good idea, however.

Trump, as PRESIDENT of the USA, had the power to declassify ANYTHING he 
wanted to.  All those supposedly classified papers were declassified by 
him while he was President.

And now the case has been thrown out of court due to the improper 
appointment of the prosecutor and the mismanagement of the papers seized 
from Trump's house.  Trump has now filed a civil lawsuit against the DOJ 
for $100 million due to the incompetence of the DOJ.

Lynn